The Imperial College's

Eps. 37: Wanting End

Dozens of pairs of eyes stared in disbelief at a woman who was walking in front of them. The color of the cloth, the crown, the decoration, and the temperament, somehow made everything there more enchanted. Their eyebrows furrowed, staring in disbelief at the woman.

They were like seeing the figure of the First Queen walking inside the hall. His aura is so thick and familiar. Her beauty was the same as the beauty of the late First Queen when she was first inaugurated in the court hall, witnessed by hundreds of pairs of eyes. Now, after a dozen years, they discovered that familiar atmosphere once again.

Huang Yunxi walked in front of her father. His cold face was colder than the snow that fell all season. The usually cheerful and nosy face is now not visible anymore. Her bright eyes now only left a vengeful twinkle that frightened everyone. Besides, her clothes are beautiful too.

She was wearing the clothes of a Great Princess!

“Princess Xiyue, why did you come here?” ask one of the ministers.

“I came to accompany you guys play.”

“Ah? Isn't this inappropriate? Your Majesty, look, Princess Xiyue is breaking the rules! This sacred hall is not a place to play around!”

The minister instantly shrunk his guts when stared intently at by Huang Yunxi. That gaze was exactly like the gaze of the late First Queen when enraged. Whatisthis? Why did Princess Xiyue have this kind of aura?

“Yunxi, what are you doing here?” asked Yuwen Yue.

At first he thought that the girl would remain locked up in Liuli Palace. Since a few days ago, he had not seen her because he wanted to give Huang Yunxi some quiet time. Unexpectedly, today the girl instead came to the court hall, just as she was accused of killing Consort Di.

“I have come to clear up the accusations that have come to me. Ah, Mr Minister, what did you say? Sacred hall? Then are the people here all holy?”

“Yunxi, what do you want to talk about?” this time, Emperor Huang Yun Yi made a sound.

“I told you I came to clear the charges. Dad, they're accusing me at will. I don't accept defamation!”

“Why? Does Princess Xiyue feel guilty?” ask Liu Yang.

This bad guy really sucks! Did Huang Yunxi not know who was acting here?

“Yunxi, is it true that you freed people from the enemy kingdom?” ask Emperor.

“True.”

“Why?”

“Because they are innocent.”

“You mean?”

“Your Majesty, have you ever thought why they came to this country? They are just a small group of people who are displaced in search of a decent life. My actions do violate the rules, but do Your Majesty and the Minister who are here know who first accommodated them?”

“You know?”

“Master of Forestry, do you want to say it yourself or do I say it?”

Liu Yang immediately pias. His blood rippled, his heart racing. Wretch! Is it possible that Princess Xiyue already knew something? Could it be that he had discovered that those people were hired by him? Liu Yang immediately brushed everything aside. He believes that everything has not been revealed.

“What does Mr Princess Xiyue mean? Did the Princess accuse me?”

“True. I'm accusing you. You don't believe it? Coincidentally today I brought something.”

From inside his clothes, he took out an account book. The book is a transaction notebook and logging of teak forest obtained by him and by Yuwen Yue from the logging area thanks to the honest information of the workers. Somehow he was able to obtain the book even though the notebook had already been well stored in the Yindai Pavilion.

“Your Highness, the person who hired the stranger was Forestry Minister Liu Yang. He forced them to threaten his family. I released them secretly, but did not expect that my movements were known to him.”

“Then what book is in your hand?”

“This is the transaction record and logging teak forest Ministry of Forestry. Some time ago, me and the Deputy Counselor managed to get them to confess, then get this book. Liu Yang monopolized the teak trade belonging to Dong Hua Palace, smuggling and selling it to the other party for personal gain. In addition, he also ignored the creation of the temple by replacing it to pine wood.”

The servant eunuch gave the book to Emperor Huang Yun Yi. After reading for a while, the Emperor kicked the table until the officials were shocked. The Emperor's anger and emotions were already unstoppable. Liu Yang is truly outrageous! How dare he trick her and smuggle wood!

“Vice Counselor Yue, is this true?”

“Yes, Your Honor. Servant and Princess Xiyue fought hard to obtain this book. In fact, we had experienced an attack in the middle of the road and had to spend the night in the wild.”

“Liu Yang, dare you!”

“Please wait, Your Majesty. His mistake was not just that,” Yuwen Yue sergeant.

“Based on the results of the investigation and the results combine all the clues, we have also discovered who the perpetrator of the murder of Princess Xiyue on the day of the lantern festival.”

“Oh? Say!”

Yuwen Yue then told everyone in the court hall about the investigation she had with Huang Yunxi to uncover who was the main culprit of the murder that night. Starting from the secret weapon, then the palace of Consort Di to the forest area. All of them had proven that the culprit was Liu Yang.

Emperor Huang Yun Yi was already overcome with emotions. A few bodyguards were about to catch Liu Yang, but again Huang Yunxi made everyone shocked. In front of the officials, he said that the First Queen's death was actually the work of Liu Yang and Consort Di. He said that Liu Yang and Consort Di conspired to make the First Queen die during childbirth and made her death as if it were a natural death.

Huang Yunxi took out another strange object. The object then rang out, making a voice containing a conversation Liu Yang had with Consort Di one night. It was from there that everyone was convinced that Liu Yang and Consort Di were actually involved in the First Queen's death.

“Liu Yang, how dare you! Killing the First Queen, smuggling wood and strangers, then trying to eliminate my only daughter, you really have guts!”

Before the Emperor ordered the bodyguards to drag Liu Yang, Yuwen Yue took out another document from the pocket of her robe. The eunuch directly handed it to the emperor. The document contained records of the names and transactions of other officials involved in Liu Yang's crimes. Most of them are here. Knowing this, the officials immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

Liu Yang's originally pajas's facial water turned crimson. His anger peaked at that moment as well. The plan that had been neatly arranged all this time just crumbled. It was in vain that he sacrificed many things.

His sister went mad and died, her crimes exposed in front of many people. If he didn't end it today, how could his heart calm down?

“Then you should go accompany my sister!”

Liu Yang took out a sharp dagger from the pocket of his robe. The dagger was pointed directly at Huang Yunxi's chest. He's gonna end it all today. His sense of well-being was gone covered in a fog of fury that was burning. Just as the dagger was about to target Huang Yunxi's chest, Yuwen Yue swiftly kicked Liu Yang's hand until his dagger failed to hit Huang Yunxi.

The fight then happened. Liu Yang and Yuwen Yue fought each other before the Emperor and the ministers. Liu Yang was like a fidelity, attacking brutally and ferociously. It was fortunate that Yuwen Yue's martial arts were the best so the attacks did not hit his body.

“Yunxi, run fast! Take His Majesty and the Crown Prince away!”

Officials ran in the fog. Suddenly, from the outside came a group of people attacking the palace guard soldiers. Their movements were fast like lightning until in an instant, the guards were successfully incapacitated. The front of the court hall became dirty by the blood of those who died in the attack.

The fight is out of balance. The assailants were on Liu Yang's side. The battle grew more intense when reinforcements from the palace's elite came under the orders of Duke Fu. The long-lost Twin Fang also came to help. One by one, the attacking forces fell. Liu Yang had also begun to be overwhelmed withstanding Yuwen Yue's attacks. Several times he spewed blood from his mouth.

“Quick, get out of here!”

As Yuwen Yue was slightly off guard, Liu Yang threw a sword towards the man. Huang Yunxi felt that the man would not have time to dodge. Then, just as the sword throw was about to target Yuwen Yue, Huang Yunxi blocked it. The sword stuck firmly in Huang Yunxi's chest, piercing her heart until blood flowed out like a creek.

“System alert! Danger detected! Host? Host?”

The sound of the system suddenly buzzed in Huang Yunxi's head. His whole body was like a crumple in a truck. Fresh blood flowed from his heart, soaking his beautiful clothes. Now, the clothes are red. The sword was still impaled on his chest. The pain becomes.

“Huang Yunxi!”

Yuwen Yue shouted as he saw the girl being pierced by a sword. Liu Yang was instantly ambushed by the elite troops, but could still laugh like a madman. Huang Yunxi's body collapsed to the floor. The blood that was flowing now began to pool. Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunji along with Emperor Huang Yun Yi immediately approached him.

Huang Yunxi's body was propped up on Yuwen Yue's body. The girl's head was held in her hands until she was half lying down. Face pias. Yuwen Yue shook his head. His tears suddenly fell, as did the tears of Huang Yunji and the Emperor. The three people called his name many times.

“Uhuk...uhuk... Yu-Yue.

“Yunxi, why? Why are you doing this? Who told you to hold back the attack?”

Huang Yunxi coughed up blood. His mouth is red. His hand that was holding his pierced chest reached Yuwen Yue face. The girl's gaze weakened. Huang Yunxi coughed up blood again. Inside his head, the sound of the system again buzzed in warning him.

“A-Yue, I, I always wanted to tell you. Me, not from this world,” he said stammering.

“Do not talk! Physician, call a healer!”

Huang Yunxi shook her head.

“I, I came to this world to complete the task. You, you are the main variable of my duty. You, you are my main duty. Dad, Yunji, Dong Hua, everything is a task I have to complete.”.

Huang Yunxi's words were broken. The pain in his chest was getting unbearable. He knew this was his last chance. Huang Yunxi held tightly onto Yuwen Yue's hand. The tears that welled up in his eye patch instantly slid off, mixing with the bloodstains.

“I...I thank you. Later, no matter if this world is lost and I die, you must live well.

After saying his last words, Huang Yunxi spewed blood again. His eyes began to fog. His grasp loosened, his head instantly drooping to the side with his eyes closed. His breath was immediately cut off. His pierced heart stopped making a beat.

Everyone inside the hall, including the elite troops and officials who were already in the fog, immediately knelt down. Liu Yang was also forced to kneel. The Emperor and Huang Yunji repeatedly shouted Huang Yunxi's name. Their tears also fell. Everyone was crying lamenting the departure of Princess Xiyue.

“No! Huang Yunxi, I do not permit you to die! Wake up! Comeup! We haven't spent this winter together! Huang Yunxi, wake up!”

“Sister! Don't go!”

“Xi’er, are you joking with your father? You can't joke like this!”

The palace court hall turned into a death hall. The bodies of the attackers, the soldiers, were scattered. Their blood is mixed. But even more heartbreaking was the scene when the Emperor, the Crown Prince and the Vice Advisors of the Royal Academy wept lamenting the death of the Single Princess.

The rest of Huang Yunxi's half-living life was now up. That girl had already lost her chance at life in this world. He's already dead. There will be no chance to live or repeat from the beginning. Nothing will bring the girl back to life.

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